Ethics

One is buying a hotdog from a vendor, as he looks into a near buy ally he notices a man being beaten and robbed by a criminal with a baseball bat. One must now consider their options both to ignore the problem and go about as if nothing happened, or secondly to help the person in need. For the purpose of this essay it will be agreed that one will come to the aid of the man in need. One must now ask them self how to help the one in need. Is one, under such circumstances, morally obligated to use force and violence to rid the assaulter? Through the views of a rule utilitarian it will be argued that one should have a moral obligation, thus being the last resort, to act in a violent manner in pursuit of a greater happiness for all. Viewed on a small scale, the same principle can be applied on a larger, and more moral, global scale. Countries are faced with decisions regarding life and humanity regularly. Violence and war are not equitable answers to problems that surround politicians and people through daily life. However it will be argued that under a number of circumstances violence and war may be just if they fallows certain principles and is the absolute last resort that would result in a superior happiness.

To be a rule utilitarian is to consider the consequences of the practice of promise keeping or promise breaking. In a more understandable manner one must ask them self what would fabricate the best results when people fallowed a certain rule. For example, using the instance of the man in the ally way, it should be understood a rule utilitarian in this case would help the man being robbed. Analyzing the situation and realizing that people cannot simply go around robbing others through acts of violence, the rule utilitarian will come to the conclusion that the act being committed is wrong, thus to resolve the problem one should help the man in need by all means necessary. Helping the man will result in a greater happiness for the man, his family, his future, and so on. If one was placed in the position of the man being robbed violently